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icks you backwards, your head thumping into the wall.</p><p id="37d5">Another gladiator lurches in from the right, having knocked Bruno down. You duck and grab Bruno’s shield, using it to block the blows from both of the enormous orcs.</p><p id="4cd1">You take one step back, then another. Dara, Gremgor and Tox’ar are all fighting desperately near the other corners of the arena…</p><p id="fe13">Then, one orc thrusts a spear into your shoulder…</p><h2 id="c953">Continue.</h2><blockquote id="5e27"><p>If you liked this story, you can find more of my fiction <a href="https://medium.com/@jfdanskin/list/jf-danskins-poetry-and-fiction-9fecb0f7ea81"><b>in this collection</b></a>, or subscribe to all of my Medium writing <a href="https://jfdanskin.medium.com/subscribe"><b>right here</b></a>! <i>🌟</i></p></blockquote></article></body>
Drabble STORY ARC #2: Seek and Avenge
The Gladiators Move In
The finale (part 2) of a ‘choose your own’ story
Image by the author and MidJourney
This is a ‘choose your own’ fiction story, “drabble edition”. You can check out Chapter 1 of this story, ‘The Burned Village’, or check the previous chapter: ‘This is not a Moment’, by JF Danskin.
You slash at the gladiator, but the hulking brute knocks Gremgor aside and charges, slamming you against the low wall that rings the arena. You block several more blows, but he kicks you backwards, your head thumping into the wall.
Another gladiator lurches in from the right, having knocked Bruno down. You duck and grab Bruno’s shield, using it to block the blows from both of the enormous orcs.
You take one step back, then another. Dara, Gremgor and Tox’ar are all fighting desperately near the other corners of the arena…
Then, one orc thrusts a spear into your shoulder…
Continue.
If you liked this story, you can find more of my fiction in this collection, or subscribe to all of my Medium writing right here! 🌟